- I feel like I've been talking a disproportionate amount about Emma in DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS, so maybe a thread about Freydis?
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835667789184651267
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:48:21 - I'll be straight with you: Freydis is not an easy character to love. I'm not even sure I like her sometimes. I get her, sure but. yeesh.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835668014024572930
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:49:15 - One of the things I tried very hard to do in both timelines of the book was provide a wide spectrum of belief. Freydis is... more extreme.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835668539272998912
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:51:20 - She's in a difficult position -- it was, perhaps, a difficult time to be devoutly pagan -- and if she had lived in a different time...
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835668806739628032
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:52:24 - ...maybe she wouldn't have become so extreme in her actions, maybe without the pressure to convert and conform, she'd have been more mellow.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835669155827302400
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:53:47 - Or maybe she was just her father's daughter -- Erik the Red is pretty notorious for his, um, questionable behavior toward his neighbors.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835669352947023873
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:54:34 - (Though I feel like it's possible that Erik might have been just extremely misunderstood and a victim of very bad timing/luck. who knows.)
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835669632526745600
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:55:41 - Either way, Freydis is a difficult woman in an unenviable position. For her, in some respects, clinging to her faith may well risk her life.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835670193355501576
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:57:54 - And maybe taking extreme positions doesn't help her. Maybe it's the only thing she feels like she CAN do to control her situation.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835670585355173888
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 01:59:28 - But I think it's pretty brave, all the same. To be true to your faith even knowing it may only make your life harder. That's powerful.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835671086985523202
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 02:01:27 - And while we might more easily identify with someone like Gudrid, who is more moderate (and a pious Christian)...
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835671435381260289
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 02:02:50 - I think we all face small moments where, like Freydis, we have to choose whether to be true to ourselves or give in to the community.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835671673080803328
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 02:03:47 - What we decide in those moments defines the person we become. It's hard todefy community pressure/expectation. It takes strength. Be strong.
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835672261340299265
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 02:06:07 - And if that struggle set in Viking Age Greenland sounds interesting to you -- grab DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS! https://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Thousand-Years-Amalia-Carosella-ebook/dp/B01G89PCPY … pic.twitter.com/WKATHrvpk2
https://twitter.com/AmaliaCarosella/status/835672907078578177
— Amalia Carosella (@AmaliaCarosella)Sun, Feb 26 2017 02:08:41
